Snap fastener



FhzZG, 1929.

C. M. TAYLOR ET AL SNAP FASTENER Filed Dec. 10, 1924 Patented Feb. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE,

CLAUDE MONTAGU TAYLOR- AND EDWARD THOMAS WARMINGTON REED, OF CHEL- TENHAM, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS TO WILLIAM H. COLE AND COMPANY, LIMITED,

01 CHELTENHAM, ENGLAND, A CORPORATION OF GREAT BRITATN AND IRELAND.

SNAP FASTENER.

Application filed December 10, 1924, Serial No. 755,023, and in Great Britain December 27, 1923. i

This invention relates to snap fasteners of the kind consisting of a stud member to be attached to one edge of the. garment to be fastened and a socket member to be attached to the other edge adapted to receive and retain the head of the aforesaid stud member in order to fasten the said edges together.

In order that a garment may fit the wearer and set properly when fastened it is essential that the stud and socket members of the fastener be attached to the edges of the garment precisely in their proper relative positions and the object of the present improvements is to provide a snap fastener of such a construction as will enable its members to be readily attached toa garment in the correct relative positions in the place temporarily by means of a pin where-after they or one of them (if the other had been permanently attached before fitting) can be secured in place by sewing or equivalent means;

These improvements consist in providing the dome of the socket member with transverse holes at or near the bottom of the socket In practice one of the members of the.

fastener. the stud member for instance, is sewn on to the under edge of the garment with the unattached socket member in enga ement with the stud. The outer edge of the garment is now placed over the inner edge in the position it is intended to occupy in use and while in this position a pin is passed through the material fromthe outside and transversely through the hereinbefore mentioned holes 111 the dome of the socket portion of that member and thereafter through the material again so as to temporarily attach it to the said outer edge until the fitting operation is completed.

When the socket member is attached to the inner edge the stud is first caused to engage it whereafter the outer edge is placed over companying drawings,in which- Fig. 1 is a section through the improved snap fastener in which both the stud and socket members are provided with holes for temporary attachment to the edges of the parts to be fastened together. r

Fig. 2 is a section through the improved snap fastener in which the stud member only is provided with holes for temporaryattach-- ment to the outer edge of the parts to be fastened together, a

Fig. 3 is a plan and Fig. 4 an elevation of the stud member shown in F ig; 2.

Fig. 5 is a section through another arrangement of the improved snap fastener in which the socket member only is provided with holes for temporary attachmentto the outer edge of the parts to be fastened together, and

Fig. 6 is a plan and Fig. 7 an elevation of the socket member shown in F ig. 5.

According to the construction shown in Fig. 1 the base a of the stud mem'ber b is domed and provided with depressions a (see Figs. 3 and 4) between the outer edges of the sewing-on holes (6 and the outer edge of the said base so asto enable a pin e to be passed through two of the said holes d for the purpose of temporarily attaching it to the material h.

The socket member 1 is also provided with two holes 70 (see Fig. 7) diametrically opposite each other at or near the bot-tom of the socket so as to enable a pin a to be passed horizontally through the said holesk for the purpose oftemporarily attaching the socket part to the material According to this arrangement the stud member 6 is at first temporarily attached to the inner edge h of the garment by means of the pin 6. The socket member 9 is next caused to engage the stud member I) wherea-fterthe outer edge 2' of the garment is adjusted to the position it is desired to occupy when the said the material) after passing through the said;

iriaterial. After thep'o'sitions of all the stud and socket members of the-fasteners on a garment have thus been ascertained they can be sewn on before the pins are removed.

According to the construction shown Figs. 2 to 4 the base a of th stud member 3) is domed and provided withydepressions between the outeredges of the ring-on holes (Z and the outer edge of the said base so as to enable pin 0 to be passedthrough two of the said holes (Z for the purpose of temporarily attaching to the material According to the arrangement shown in Figs 2 to 4 an ordinary socket member 7 is sewn to the inner edge it of the garment the usual Way; The unattached stud member is then inserted into the socket and the outeredge -i of the garment adjusted to the position it isdesired to occupy When the garment is fastened. A pin 6 is then passed through two orthe holes 1n the base (0 whose 7 position may be ascertained through the ma terial f by the depressions othatinay be felt through the said material."

After the positions of all the stud members 1 of the fasteners one. garment have thus been ascertained they can be sewn on before the pins are removed.

According to the construction shown in Figs. 5 to 7 the dome of the socket member 9 is provided with two holes 72 diametrically opposite each other at or near the bottom of the socket so as to enable a pin 6 to be passed horizontally through the said holes 70 for th purpose of temporarily attaching the socket to'the material f. r 7

According to the arrangement shown in the said Figs. 5 to 7 an ordinary stud member I) is sewn to the inner edge h 01 the garment in the usual way- The unattached socket iii-emher 9 is then caused to engage the stud b and the outer edge '5 of the garment adjusted to the desired position. A pin a is noW inserted] through theholes is in the dome otthe socket (Whose position may be readily felt through the material) after passing through the said material.

' After the positions or all the socket vortions of thetastene'rsof a garment have thus been ascertained they can be sewn on before the pins are removed.

it will be understood that both the stud and.

socket members of the improved snap tas- 'in the base of the socket inemberior securing it to one of the parts to be'fastened together, sewing-on holes that extend'up the sides of the stud portion, situated on diametrically opposite sides of the base of the stud morn-V the base ber. depressions in the outer edge of of the stud member in line with the afores holes to enable a pin to be inserted trans versely through them and the part to which the stud member is to be secured to enable that member to be temporarily attached thereto While the correct position for its permanent attachment is being ascertained substantially as set forth.

2. A snap fastener comprising a stud memher and a co-operating socket member, holes in the base at the socket member for securing ll: to one of the parts to be fastened together, the stud member having a dome between its base and the stud portion, sewing-on holes in the base on oppositesides of the stud mem berthateiztend into the sides of said dome, de aressions in the outer edge of the of the stud member in line With the atoresaid holes to enable a pin to be inserted trans- "versely through them and the part to which the stud member is to be secured to enable that member to be temporarily 'attachet thereto While the correct position for its pormanent attachmentis being ascertained sub stantially as set forth- V r CLAUDE MONTAGU TAYLOR. EDWARD moms wARMIN'eT'ou has 

